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Help writing name in Thai

Hello. I&#39;m trying to find out how to spell my girlfriends name in Thai. She was born in Thailand as Sopa, But was adopted soon after birth and given the name Kara. She&#39;s been trying to find out how to spell both names for some time and I&#39;d like to surprise her. Again the names are Sopa and Kara.
Thank you in advance.

If it should sound "bpao" ("p" without aspiration), it will be:
เปา (to hit a point) เป่า (to blow) เป้า (a target) เป๊า (the Year of Ox) เป๋า (a shortened form of กระเป๋า = a bag or pocket)
In the longer vowel version, ปาว (ปาวๆ = to yell) ป่าว (to spread; also a frequently used form of เปล่า = nothing, = หรือเปล่า) ป๊าว (a cry of a cat in a sudden pain); ป้าว and ป๋าว (I don&#39;t know)

If it should sound "ba-o" (bay oh), เบโอ etc. in different tones (5x5=25 possibilities&#33. There are no diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ in natural Thai, so /e:/ and /o:/ (I used ":" for the longer partner of a vowel. They are narrow ones, different from "ae" and "or").

Phew, I had to use a dictionary for this. Some words, I didn&#39;t know.
BTW it&#39;s Songkran in Thailand now (13-15 April this year), and while I had a chatting with a lady in this site suggesting her to come in the lightest clothing [มาในเสื้อผ้าเบาๆที่สุด = ma nai sua pha bao bao thi sood] (you&#39;ll be all wet in this festival; soaked from the splashes of water), she stopped talking to me...

Quote[/b] ]Phew, I had to use a dictionary for this. Some words, I didn&#39;t know.
BTW it&#39;s Songkran in Thailand now (13-15 April this year), and while I had a chatting with a lady in this site suggesting her to come in the lightest clothing [มาในเสื้อผ้าเบาๆที่สุด = ma nai sua pha bao bao thi sood] (you&#39;ll be all wet in this festival; soaked from the splashes of water), she stopped talking to me...

She might think that you suggest her "มาในเสื้อผ้าบางที่สุด"(which you can see through when she got wet.)